diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sw.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sw.c
index 007d1fbae808..f667dce1bbba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sw.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_sw.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int fcoe_sw_destroy(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (!lp)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	fc = lport_priv(lp);
 
 	/* Logout of the fabric */
 	fc_fabric_logoff(lp);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
index d006d6576817..02f044a87159 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/libfcoe.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int fcoe_xmit(struct fc_lport *lp, struct fc_frame *fp)
 
 	WARN_ON((fr_len(fp) % sizeof(u32)) != 0);
 
-	fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	fc = lport_priv(lp);
 	/*
 	 * if it is a flogi then we need to learn gw-addr
 	 * and my own fcid
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static int fcoe_check_wait_queue(struct fc_lport *lp)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct fcoe_softc *fc;
 
-	fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	fc = lport_priv(lp);
 	spin_lock_bh(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue.lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static void fcoe_insert_wait_queue_head(struct fc_lport *lp,
 {
 	struct fcoe_softc *fc;
 
-	fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	fc = lport_priv(lp);
 	spin_lock_bh(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue.lock);
 	__skb_queue_head(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue, skb);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue.lock);
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void fcoe_insert_wait_queue(struct fc_lport *lp,
 {
 	struct fcoe_softc *fc;
 
-	fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	fc = lport_priv(lp);
 	spin_lock_bh(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue.lock);
 	__skb_queue_tail(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue, skb);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fc->fcoe_pending_queue.lock);
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(destroy, "Destroy fcoe port");
  */
 int fcoe_link_ok(struct fc_lport *lp)
 {
-	struct fcoe_softc *fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+	struct fcoe_softc *fc = lport_priv(lp);
 	struct net_device *dev = fc->real_dev;
 	struct ethtool_cmd ecmd = { ETHTOOL_GSET };
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ int fcoe_hostlist_add(const struct fc_lport *lp)
 
 	fc = fcoe_hostlist_lookup_softc(fcoe_netdev(lp));
 	if (!fc) {
-		fc = fcoe_softc(lp);
+		fc = lport_priv(lp);
 		write_lock_bh(&fcoe_hostlist_lock);
 		list_add_tail(&fc->list, &fcoe_hostlist);
 		write_unlock_bh(&fcoe_hostlist_lock);
diff --git a/include/scsi/libfcoe.h b/include/scsi/libfcoe.h
index 89fdbb9a6a1b..f43d3833a7a8 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libfcoe.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libfcoe.h
@@ -58,16 +58,10 @@ struct fcoe_softc {
 	u8 address_mode;
 };
 
-static inline struct fcoe_softc *fcoe_softc(
-	const struct fc_lport *lp)
-{
-	return (struct fcoe_softc *)lport_priv(lp);
-}
-
 static inline struct net_device *fcoe_netdev(
 	const struct fc_lport *lp)
 {
-	return fcoe_softc(lp)->real_dev;
+	return ((struct fcoe_softc *)lport_priv(lp))->real_dev;
 }
 
 static inline struct fcoe_hdr *skb_fcoe_header(const struct sk_buff *skb)